Patria Lawton

4 min read Patria Lawton is director of graduate studies and chair of technical leadership education for the Technological Leadership Institute at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. Miodrag Ignjatovic This article is part of our exclusive career advice series in partnership with the IEEE Technology and Engineering Management Society. I’ve taught graduate-level communication courses to working professionals in high-tech disciplines for more than a decade. Although students who come to my programs are skilled